diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ceb88b624d4..fb9f61912d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file based on the
 ### Backward Compatibility Breaks
 
 ### Bugfixes
+- Close file descriptors used to monitor processes. #337
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/procs/procs.go b/procs/procs.go
index a0c921049bf..b3d26ac97bf 100644
--- a/procs/procs.go
+++ b/procs/procs.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func FindPidsByCmdlineGrep(prefix string, process string) ([]int, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return pids, fmt.Errorf("Open /proc: %s", err)
 	}
+	defer proc.Close()
 
 	names, err := proc.Readdirnames(0)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ func (proc *ProcessesWatcher) UpdateMap() {
 		logp.Err("Open: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
+	defer file.Close()
 	socks, err := Parse_Proc_Net_Tcp(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		logp.Err("Parse_Proc_Net_Tcp: %s", err)
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ func FindSocketsOfPid(prefix string, pid int) (inodes []int64, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return []int64{}, fmt.Errorf("Open: %s", err)
 	}
+	defer procfs.Close()
 	names, err := procfs.Readdirnames(0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []int64{}, fmt.Errorf("Readdirnames: %s", err)